Books by Athanasios Terzis

This book provides a tactical analysis of Pep Guardiola's 4-3-3 Attacking Tactics (56 Tactical Situations) for you the coach to learn from one of the best coaches in the world.Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has used this analysis to produce 12 Full Training Sessions (70 Practices and Variations). You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Pep Guardiola's attacking tactics and implement them into your training sessions. The aim of the book is to use the innovative attacking tactics of Pep Guardiola to create chances and score goals, with variations depending on the opposition players' positioning and reactions within their formation (4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3 and teams with a back 5).Learn to Coach "Pep Guardiola's Innovative Attacking Tactics" - to Create Chances and Score Goals - with 12 Full Sessions (70 Practices & Variations) based on 12 Tactical Situations from Manchester City's 4-3-3Tactical Analysis and Session Topic Examples: Positioning and Rotations with Inverted Full Backs Creating and Exploiting Overloads in Wide Areas Moving the Ball Wide and Receiving in Behind the Full Back Stretching the Opposition's Defence and Switching Play Attacking Through the Centre with a Third Man RunPractice Examples: Rotating Movements with Inverted Full Backs in a Passing Rotation Practice Reading the Opponent's Reactions to Best Exploit Overloads in Wide Areas Moving the Ball Wide and Receiving in Behind the Full Back in a Dynamic Game Attacking Through the Centre with a Third Man Run in a Functional Practice Stretching the Opposition's Defence and Switching Play in a Conditioned GamePep Guardiola's Manchester City used these attacking tactics to become the Best Ever Premier League Team during the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 title winning seasons, breaking the following records: Highest Ever Points Total (100) - 2017/2018 Most Total Wins (32) - 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 Most Goals Scored (106) - 2017/2018 Biggest Goal Difference (+79) - 2017/2018 Most Consecutive Wins (18) - 2017/2018

Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has produced extensive analysis of Marcelo Bielsa in 9 different tactical situations, supported with 9 full training sessions (35 practices). Athanasios is the author of some of the best-selling Football Coaching books, most notably 'Jurgen Klopp's Attacking and Defending Tactics', 'Coaching the Juventus 3-5-2' and 'FC Barcelona Training Sessions', which won the Italian FA Award for "Best Coaching Book" in 2014.The book includes Marcelo Bielsa's tactics (and playing philosophy) for building up play from the back against high pressing teams with a full analysis of his 4-2-3-1, 3-3-3-1 and 3-4-3 formations. Marcelo Bielsa's attacking philosophy includes a mix of short and long passing, moving the ball to the free player through 'link players', creating numerical advantages, dragging opposition players out of position and exploiting the gaps created.Marcelo Bielsa is a highly respected coach and is famous for his innovative playing style, tactics and formations. He has had a massive influence on football across the world and on other top coaches, such as Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino, Jorge Sampaoli and Gerardo Martino. The aim of the book is to use the innovative tactics of Marcelo Bielsa to provide a complete guide of how to build up play effectively against high pressing teams.To successfully build up from the back, the team in possession has to follow four steps:Step 1: Provide a free passing option for the goalkeeperStep 2: Move the ball to the target or free playerStep 3: Create a numerical advantage in specific areas of the pitchStep 4: Take advantage (exploit) the numerical advantageEach chapter has extensive analysis for a tactical situation based on Marcelo Bielsa's tactics and is then followed by a full session to help all coaches adapt the tactics into training sessions for their team.Chapter 1: Building Up Play from the Back Against 2 ForwardsChapter 2: Moving the Ball to the Target Player on the Weak SideChapter 3: Building Up Play from the Back Against 1 ForwardChapter 4: Creating and Exploiting 3 v 2 Situations Near the SidelineChapter 5: Attacking Solutions with a 3 v 3 Situation Near the SidelineChapter 6: Creating and Exploiting Space in a 4 v 3 (or 4 v 4) Situation Around the Ball AreaChapter 7: Building Up Play Against Ultra-Offensive PressingPep Guardiola"My admiration for Marcelo Bielsa is huge because he makes the players much, much better.""That is why, for me, he is the best coach in the world. I am looking forward to seeing him in Lille next season. I am pretty sure his influence on their team, their club and their players will be huge - amazing."Mauricio Pochettino"He is one of the best managers in the world."

Borussia Dortmund are a very successful team that focus on high tempo pressing, preventing through balls and preparing for the transition from attack to defence. Jurgen Klopp has led his Borussia Dortmund team to two Bundesliga titles, one German cup and the Champions League final in 2013. Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'B' licence coach and has provided a full and extensive analysis of Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund team. This tactical blueprint is explained clearly with supporting diagrams, notes and detailed descriptions.This analysis has been used to produce 14 sessions (53 practices) including functional practices, opposed/unopposed zone play, game situations and small sided games.

This book provides a full tactical analysis of Diego Simeone's 4-4-2 Defending Tactics (123 Tactical Situations) for you the coach to learn from one of the best defensive coaches in the world.Learn to how to Defend "from one of the best coaches in the world" with 47 Practices & Variations based on 123 Tactical Situations from Atlético Madrid's 4-4-2Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has used this analysis of Atlético Madrid's tactics to produce 47 Practices and Variations. You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Diego Simeone's defending tactics and implement them into your training sessions.Tactical organisation is the key to Atlético Madrid's success during Diego Simeone's reign. He has built a winning culture of commitment, passion, aggressiveness and commitment, and a winning game plan based on excellent defensive organisation.They are extremely difficult to break down, even by the top attacking sides, like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Liverpool, and have consistently been one of the toughest teams to play against in the whole of Europe.Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid have used these defending tactics to achieve great success when competing against teams with far greater resources. These are some examples of their incredible success against all odds: La Liga Winners (2014) UEFA Champions League Runners-up (2014 + 2016) UEFA Europa League Winners (2012 + 2014) UEFA Super Cup Winners (2012 + 2018) Copa Del Rey (2013) Fewest Goals Conceded in La Liga (2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019) Most Clean Sheets in La Liga (2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019)Tactical Analysis and Session/Practice Topic Examples: How the Centre Backs Defend the Forwards' Movements Rear Block's Positioning and Movements to Control Wide Areas Pressing High Up the Pitch (from the Goalkeeper) Positioning of the Forwards to Prepare for Counter Attacks Counter-Pressing After Losing Possession During Combination PlayPractice Examples: Defensive Line Controlling Gaps Between Centre Backs and Full Backs Rear Block's Defensive Reactions After Wide Players Receive Controlling Wide Areas with the Rear Block in a Functional Practice Compact Midfield Line Blocking Through Passes in a Functional Game Negative Transition After Losing Possession in a Conditioned Game

Athanasios Terzis, allenatore con licenza UEFA "A", ha prodotto un'analisi approfondita di 9 diverse situazioni tattiche che ricorrono nel gioco di Marcelo Bielsa, supportandole con 9 sessioni di allenamento complete (35 esercitazioni).In particolare il libro spiega le idee tattiche di Marcelo Bielsa e la filosofia di gioco per la costruzione dal basso contro squadre in pressione alta sul campo, analizzando in modo completo gli schieramenti utiilzzati; 4-2-3-1, 3-3-3-1 e 3-4-3.La filosofia offensiva di Bielsa include un mix di trasmissioni palla corte e lunghe, per inviare palla al giocatore libero attraverso 'i giocatori di collegamento', la creazione di superiorità numerica, invitando fuori posizione i giocatori avversari per poter sfruttare gli spazi creati.Marcelo Bielsa è un allenatore che gode di grande considerazione, famoso per lo stile di gioco innovativo, le sue tattiche e schieramenti. Ha avuto una grande influenza sul calcio in tutto il mondo e su altri grandi allenatori, come ad esempio, Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino, Jorge Sampaoli e Gerardo Martino.Lo scopo del libro è quello di utilizzare le idee tattiche innovative di Marcelo Bielsa per fornire una guida completa su come costruire efficacemente gioco contro squadre in pressione alta sul campo.Per costruire gioco dal basso con successo, la squadra in possesso deve giocare attraverso 4 fasi:Fase 1: Fornire un'opzione di passaggio al portiereFase 2: Muovere palla verso un giocatore "obiettivo" o smarcatoFase 3: Creare superiorità numerica in una zona specifica del campoFase 4: Sfruttare la superiorità numericaOgni capitolo contiene un'analisi approfondita per ogni situazione tattica, basata sulle idee di Marcelo Bielsa, seguita da una sessione di allenamento completa per aiutare tutti gli allenatori ad adattare le tattiche e le sessioni di allenamento per la propria squadra.Questi, nello specifico, i capitoli di cui si compone il libro:CAPITOLO 1: La costruzione di gioco dal basso contro 2 attaccantiCAPITOLO 2: Muovere palla verso un giocatore "obiettivo" sul lato deboleCAPITOLO 3: La costruzione di gioco dal basso contro 1 attaccanteCAPITOLO 4: Creare e sfruttare situazioni 3 contro 2 vicino alla linea lateraleCAPITOLO 5: Soluzioni offensive in una situazione 3 contro 3 vicino alla linea lateraleCAPITOLO 6: Creazione e sfruttamento dello spazio in un 4 contro 3 (o 4 contro 4) vicino alla pallaCAPITOLO 7: Costruzione di gioco contro il pressing ultra-offensivo

This book provides a full tactical analysis of Diego Simeone's 4-4-2 Attacking Tactics (73 Tactical Situations) for you the coach to learn from one of the best coaches in the world.Learn how to Attack and Counter-Attack "from one of the best coaches in the world" with 64 Practices & Variations based on 73 Tactical Situations from Atlético Madrid's 4-4-2Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has used this analysis of Atlético Madrid's tactics to produce 64 Practices and Variations. You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Diego Simeone's attacking tactics and implement them into your training sessions.Atlético Madrid's success during Diego Simeone's reign has been built with a winning culture of commitment, passion, aggressiveness and commitment, and a winning game plan based on excellent tactical organisation. With a fraction of the budget of their rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona, they have consistently been one of the toughest teams to play against in the whole of Europe.Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid era has produced extremely efficient attacking play and they have had great success in scoring goals with intelligent attacking patterns of play and a counter attacking style.Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid have used these attacking tactics to achieve great success when competing against teams with far greater resources. These are some examples of their incredible success against all odds: La Liga Winners (2014) UEFA Champions League Runners-up (2014 + 2016) UEFA Europa League Winners (2012 + 2014) UEFA Super Cup Winners (2012 + 2018) Copa Del Rey (2013)Tactical Analysis and Session/Practice Topic Examples: Dragging the Centre Back Out of Position to Create and Exploit Space Synchronised Movements of the Full Back and Wide Midfielder Creating an Overload and Attacking Through the Centre Making a Run on Blind Side of Defender to Receive a Long Pass in Behind Counter Attack After Winning the Ball in the Centre (Direct Threat)Practice Examples: Forward Exploits Space Behind Full Back in a Technical Practice with Finish Options for Full Back Receiving High Up the Pitch in a Functional Practice Forward Drops Back to Receive or Create Space in Behind in a Small Sided Game Counter Attack with a Closed Ball Situation in a Dynamic Conditioned Game Exploiting Width During a Counter Attack in a Dynamic Conditioned Game

Juventus are the most successful team using the 3-5-2 formation in modern football. Juve have won 4 consecutive Serie A league titles including an unbeaten run of 49 games, 1 Coppa Italia and reached the Champions League final in 2014.Juventus are a very successful attacking team that focus on exploiting their numerical advantage at the back, patient build up play, pushing many players into advanced positions and finally creating and exploiting space in behind the defensive line.Athanasios Terzis is a successful author of some of the best-selling Football Coaching books, most notably with 'Jurgen Klopp's Attacking and Defending Tactics' and 'FC Barcelona Training Sessions' which won the Italian FA Award for "Best Coaching Book" in 2014. In this book the popular author presents a full and extensive analysis of the Juventus 3-5-2 formation during the 2013-14 season. This tactical blueprint is clearly presented with supporting diagrams and detailed descriptions of the attacking phase, the transition from attack to defence and the transition from defence to attack which enable you to discover exactly how Juventus played in these phases of the game, providing the positioning and movement of the players in all possible game situations.This detailed analysis has been used to produce 21 full training sessions (60 practices) including functional practices, opposed/unopposed zone play, transition games, game situations and small sided games. This will enable you to coach your team to attack like one of the most successful teams in Europe.

This book is a complete guide for using Creative Attacking Play against teams that defend within the middle or defensive third.Learn the tactics of several of the world’s top coaches with analysis of Antonio Conte, Massimiliano Allegri, Diego Simeone, Jose Mourinho, Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger with the 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2, 4-3-3 and 3-5-2 formations.Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has used this analysis to produce 6 full training sessions (42 practices & variations). You can use these ready-made sessions to practice these top coaches' tactics and implement their creative attacking play into your training sessions.Analysis and Session Topics:Intelligent Positioning to Receive Between the Lines (Wenger)Exploiting 3 v 2 in Midfield to Receive Between the Lines (Klopp)Receiving in Behind on the Blind Side of Defenders (Simeone)Creating & Exploiting Space in the Final Third (Allegri)Creating & Exploiting an Overload with a Forward Shifting Across (Conte)Creating & Exploiting an Overload with a Winger Shifting Inside (Mourinho)Athanasios Terzis is the author of some of the best-selling Football Coaching books, most notably 'Jürgen Klopp's Attacking and Defending Tactics', 'Coaching the Juventus 3-5-2', ‘Marcelo Bielsa – Coaching Build Up Play Against High Pressing Teams’ and 'FC Barcelona Training Sessions', which won the Italian FA Award for “Best Coaching Book” in 2014. 

Borussia Dortmund are a very exciting team that play at a high tempo with a good style and fluidity. Jurgen Klopp has led his Borussia Dortmund team to two Bundesliga titles, one German cup and the Champions League final in 2013. Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'B' licence coach and has provided a full and extensive analysis of Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund team. This tactical blueprint is explained clearly with supporting diagrams, notes and detailed descriptions.This analysis has been used to produce 16 sessions (75 practices) including functional practices, patterns of play, possession games, transition games, opposed/unopposed zone play, game situations and small sided games.

Juventus are the most successful team using the 3-5-2 formation in modern football. Juve have won 4 consecutive Serie A league titles including an unbeaten run of 49 games, 1 Coppa Italia and reached the Champions League final in 2014.Juventus are a very successful defensive team that focus on maintaining a numerical advantage at the back, pressing to force the ball wide, tightly marking all potential receivers, keeping a compact formation and blocking through passes.Athanasios Terzis is a successful author of some of the best-selling Football Coaching books, most notably with 'Jurgen Klopp's Attacking and Defending Tactics' and 'FC Barcelona Training Sessions' which won the Italian FA Award for "Best Coaching Book" in 2014. In this book the popular author presents a full and extensive analysis of the Juventus 3-5-2 formation during the 2013-14 season. This tactical blueprint is clearly presented with supporting diagrams and detailed descriptions which enable you to discover exactly how Juventus defended in all situations, providing the positioning and movement of the players in all possible game situations.This detailed analysis has been used to produce 12 full training sessions (40 practices) including functional practices, opposed/unopposed zone play, transition games, game situations and small sided games. This will enable you to coach your team to defend like one of the most successful defensive teams in Europe.